As always, Judy declaims every lyric as though it was occurring to her, right on the spot... ...and in the presence of the Basie Band, she makes it SWING. (Mel Torme is pretty good, too.)
The chord progressions in "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" would knock out of commission today's singers - only Judy: an extraordinary master vocalist. Incomparable.
Watched this again a year later! The GREAT GARLAND with the GREAT COUNT BASIE one can't top it! Judy is in great voice here and you can see Basie is pleased. No one can touch Judy when she was on: NOT THEN AND NOT NOW!
15 mins? I can't stop replaying the first 2 minutes! Judy's performance of The Sweetest Sounds gives me chills and makes me feel and believe every word she sings. I feel incredibly lucky to still get to experience Judy's magic whenever I want.
The staging, the lighting, the arrangements, the composers, the instrumentalists, Immortal Count Basie, and Immortal Judy . . . These 15 minutes chronicle what is now the lost art of music, but which we gratefully revisit and cherish here.
Apart from Garland's brilliance what many don't notice is the sheer beauty of the camera work, direction and staging of her TV specials like this. The runway lights, the footlights and the black backdrops are jaw droppingly beautiful as a way to frame Judy's persona. These days there is so much distraction in tv performances. That's because the less the talent the more tricks required. These presentations were so beautifully crafted.
I can´t see much beauty in the camera work here. Not in the beginning, at least. But I agree that TV productions was much better in the 60s than today, with all ticks and effects. In those days they concentrated on the artists and had simple, but stylish backdrops. Less is more!
@@jourwalis-88750:30 to about 2:30 is one continuous shout with a zoom and tracking Judy through revealing dozen or so live performers, including at the end Count Basie himself, who has essentially been controlling all the instrumental side of the music, with Judy having been the sole vocalist Like she she meshed with television so so well
Oh this such a treat! One performer I would have loved to see her sing with his Nancy Wilson. I think their voices would have blended beautifully together
She would’ve LOVED Aretha, Celine, Patti, Whitney, Mariah, and Dionne❤ I know she was a jazz singer, but also a SOUL singer because Judy SANG from her SOUL everytime. That’s what Aretha said about Judy and I totally agree with her
Judy looks amazingly fresh & young-ish here and her voice is 100% vibrant and alive...as if she had been re-born - for a while at least...she was and deserved to be the brightest musical star of them all... *****
Irene Clarke I think if this show continued and was a success she would never have passed away in 1969. She took the cancellation of her show personally and spiraled downward afterwards . 😪
I love to read so many comments that show me that a Judy Revolution still goes on today, and among the younger generation. I think she knows it. Just to hear “the greatest talent that ever lived,” makes my heart sore because Judy surely was the greatest star this world has ever known. I have made it an endeavor to make sure my children and grandchildren have learned about her, an effort to know her, to appreciate her and to know her music and style. They love her as much as I do and appreciate this adorable creature. LOOK AT HER, SHE IS ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE ❣️❣️
Garland in sublime form in this amazing performance, clearly Count Basie is in heaven working with Judy and they should have done an album, like this performance would have been a lasting classic...
No matter what she was going through in her life, no matter what she was drinking, or what pills she was taking.........this woman was a star...when she got in front of the camera, or the microphone..her brilliance was released.....an amazing woman, an amazing talent!
Clearly Garland was not taking pills and drinking as often reported and for sure not during this stellar performance, looking at the lady in this 15 ultimate minute performance you have to have all the cylinders firing to be in this great form...
Backtothefuture, In 1959, Judy almost died, and Doctor who took care of her, and saved her life was amazed that she survived. She had the worst case of Hepatitis that anyone ever lived through at that time, according to her Doctor. Her liver, I believe was 5 times it's normal size, and she was blotted beyond belief. Judy as Sid had an argument at their home in Los Angeles because Judy wouldn't go to a Doctor, and Sid tricked her by having a Doctor play an old WWII Air Force buddy that he invited to their dinner party at their house. When the doctor was introduced to Judy and she touched him, the Doctor took Sid aside, and told him to get Judy to the hospital STAT, he said to Sid that Judy was retaining LIQUIDS, SHE WAS BLOATED, NOT FAT. When Sid explained what was going on, Judy popped a cork. She grabbed her car keys and left. She didn't return home. Sid called everybody he could think of including Roger Edens. As I remember the story Roger started looking for Judy with no success, after several hours Sid received a phone call from a Doctor in New York. Judy was brought in to their Emergency Room. She collapsed on 5th ave. Sid was told that Judy was in serious condition and probably won't make through the night.To be continued. Where I don't know.
Backtothefurture, when Judy died she was.all skin and bones. She looked like a 70 year old women. Her husband at that time wasn't taking very good care of her.
(NO relation to Sid Luft) The Great Lady is SPOT ON........................................absolutely on FIRE!!! The final song, "A Cottage For Sale," is a brilliant performance.
Hello! I cheer Judy as well she did not see black people by their race, she saw them by their kind heart and personality. She would’ve LOVED Sam Cooke, and Jackie Wilson, and James brown, and Little Richard. ❤
Wow! I'm drawn here again. No wonder, this is the best, the coolest I've seen Judy. Count Basie brought out her best. And of course he had THE jazz orchestra. Just tremendous!! America had some stellar music with Duke Ellington, Count Basie and visits from Oscar Peterson.
She was not only a phenomenal singer but a consummate actress as well. On Cottage for Sale, which a lesser singer might've made a dirge from the intro, she maintains the happiness of the memories throughout most of it, for even as she sings about the hay where the roses once grew, she's still seeing the roses--she maintains what once WAS, even though she's singing about what now IS, hoping perhaps that it's not over, and it is only until the very last line, "a cottage for sale" hits her as a reality do we see the devastation felt from the loss of the relationship. This is how to walk around in a song and mine every bit out of what's there. Brava, Diva!
Judy Garland, Count Basie and Mel Torme... irreplaceable talents dying in 1969, 1984 and 1999. An amazing show from the Golden Age of television. (No, that is not today, folks.)
I'll never forget Mel Torme performing backstage Disney for Christmas parade performer attendees from high schools. We gave him three standing ovations for The Christmas Song. And, same day Michael Jackson was there being seen by parents and still have the beginning of M before his security grabbed from him and he gave disappointed look to my Mom. I say that because when backstage they evidently took Michael by and a lot of kids ran from seats. I never saw him but heard he pinched classmates rear and said something like oh baby. I loved seeing Torme so much better because knew at time a lot of talent my parents grew up to weren't going to be around for years more perhaps.
Mel is a back stabbing, two faced jerk. Mel went to see Judy about a regular job on her show, and she did him a favor and hired him, according to the article I read. When Judy died Mel released a book that he wrote about what supposedly went on back stage. He was not kind about what he said about Judy. Which most people said wasn't true. He back stabbed Judy who hired him because, he needed the job. Mel I hope your roasting down below.
The greatest, most natural singer performer the planet has ever rendered... her TV show was do stylish & modern.... luv her softer tones, & boy can she belt!!!
Re A cottage for sale. No one can combine that intimate acting with the musicality, and phrasing she brings to a song like this. I can't even come up with a credible 'second place' or honorable mention that isn't a lap behind. Its ephemeral quality is sublime, almost mystic.
In awe every time I listen! A one-two punch. Starting with Count Basie's swing, and ending with the haunting A Cottage For Sale- the most melancholy of songs...
LOVE EVERY SECOND of this!!!!!!! Count & Judy. Baby...that Judy was a baaaad chick, you hear me? How great to see these two giants together, great orchestra. Then Basie on organ! wow
I've never seen her struggle with her emotions during a song before, the whole while giving a stellar performance in cottage for love. You can tell by some of her small gestures, and wince of the eyes here or there, this moved her in a way you don't normally get to see from her. It's quite touching.
Yes, she allowed the song to touch her and take her to those painful places. It is a sad song and I love her efforts to be curious about why love ended. Forever resilient-the irreplaceable Judy Garland
IMO...A Cottage For Sale must rank as one of the worst, most maudlin, sentimental songs ever written and therefore almost impossible to sing without raising a titter - but Judy pulls it off, and then some, by making it absolutely real. She inhabits it, takes you on that journey so that, by the time she reaches that key in the mailbox, my God you are gone! She can hardly get those last few words out herself. Basie's piano accompaniment is sublime. Awesome!
I agree...Sinatra's is the only version kind of (and barely) listening to, and only for The Voice. But Judy, plus as you say with The Count, make this THE performance of this song. Just amazing....
Other singers I love - Nat, Frank, Nina and Dinah - have all done nice little humdrum versions of 'A Cottage for Sale', but none have ever really worked for me. So it's no surprise that my favorite ever singer - Judy - claims it all her own, reduces me to tears and dumbstruck awe. Their simply is no greater artist in the wide world of singing, nobody who could ever possibly compete. Judy owns the art form - and our hearts - forever.
JUST LOVE this clip!!! Judy is the best especially when she starts to finish the song with the lyrics "there is work to be done....." Her voice just soars and the vibrato is chilling!!!
Thanks for these 15 mins and what quality there is in them. Basie. And Garland the consummate artist -- finding and living in every emotional corner of the lyrics.
I've wondered about that often. I grew up in the 1940s and 50s. Back in those days there was a great deal of "romance." You can see it in the lyrics of all the great songs of the 1940s. That generation had romance because most of them didn't have sex before marriage. They had months and years sometimes to fantasize and write songs about their sweetheart before reality set in after the marriage. That time of fantasy was inspiring. Now most people have sex on the first or second date. My theory is that when the "sexual revolution" started, that was the end of romance, the kind that inspired those great love songs of the 1940s.
+David -- I would add that we have a glut of cynics who look at any hint of sentiment or show biz as annoying. Kids on TV sit-com programs, from as far back as the 1970s, looked at their parents as impossible squares who lacked any hipness. The inside joke among teenagers (especially) is that the "old stuff" is too corny and sweet. Instead they fawn over and idolize sh_t-kickers like rap artists and scantily clad bimbos.
I don't Know! I have just purchased a load of oldies 1950 to 1969, from Judy to Jimi Hendrix, and all on vinyl. I'm gonna get more. Its no problem for me to switch up from Woodstock to Judy at Carnegie Hall, its all good music.
Because the industry needs novelty, plus because of people's limited attention real state. So, they invest in things that seem modern and flashy… so other waves come strong and take over everybody's attention, like pop music, rock, hip hop and so on: Beatles, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Queen, Whitney Houston, Britney Spears, Tupac Shakur, Beyonce… they come with loads of marketing, then people get hyped over it because it's portrayed as the hot cool thing of the moment, usually it's the next generation, so they weren't even introduced to what was before. So it gets forgotten. And it seems more distant since technology looks older (black and white, etc.).. so young people just reckons it's old and irrelevant. A small percentage, like 1% or 2% actually gets interested in the past and to some extent preserve the legacy of artists.
Because everything has been dumbed down, and people have no real appreciation for proper music and lyrics and the composition of a song. It all started to go bad in the late 50s when the 'kids' started taking over. Don't even start me on Rap crap!
Wow. That last song really took it out of her. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a more raw, honest performance...she sang that song as though she had lived it, and of course, she had. I hope all of the men who used her, exploited, robbed, and dumped her are still getting theirs, wherever they are.
Leo Durocher said nice guys finish last. Too many people took advantage of her goodness. Because of those bastards we lost this country's greatest entertainer way too soon.
the count played in back of sinatra and garland with the same effect. magnificent !! he put together the best musicians and then added the cream. then you have the delivery of a pro like judy. she had the music in her and he in his. they are qual at a time of no equality. this is the best of the profession. i have been listening to both these past 73 years and it has made me the person i have become. it makes me want to wake up tomorrow and every day.
Judy and the Brilliant Count Basie & His Orchestra! Just golden. Nearly 60 years later and It is still perfection, even if most people don't know who they are they left an indelible mark on music.
@@lawrencemoore Yes!! Judy's nickname for Mel. Apparently they didn't get along all that well together. And after Judy died, he wrote a very unflattering book on Judy and his work with her on the television show.
Christian Tassin. Tout simplement magnifique, JUDY The Best. Elle avait ce don de donner une émotion intense dans des chansons intimistes, comme la dernière de ce show. Bravo.
Bill Basie had the best big band in the world at that time, and I will go so far as to argue that the best swing band, ever. Working here with Judy was amazing and the duet with Mel Torme on "April in Paris" was over the top. Thanks for sharing.
Smashing combination- especially love how the blocking of "The Sweetest Sounds" and "Strike up the Band" introduces each section of the fabulous Basie orchestra. It was always nice to see Judy in tandem with another artist- you can tell she loved musicians based on her interaction with them. Her turns on "I've got my Love to keep me Warm" and "April in Paris" with both Basie and Mel Torme' are dazzling. "A Cottage for Sale" leaves me speechless. Echoing an earlier broadcast (where "Too Late Now" was performed with the same amount of heartbreaking pathos), we sometimes forget the lady was also a capable actress through a song. It's absolutely criminal that this show (a kind of micro-mini concert every week) didn't do better ratings-wise, regardless of its competition.
mca1218, mel was a jerk, he went looking for a job, and Judy gave him one, then he stabbed her in the back. He wrote a book about her and the show, which wasn't exactly the truth, then he holds it's release until she died. I remember reading that Glenn Ford decked him after reading the book. Mel, I hope it really, really hurt, you deserved it you punk.
The show was presented to Judy as a prime time COLOR variety show, but shortly after the first episodes aired, they stopped shooting in color and started arguing with Judy about her guests. She had to fight tooth and nail to keep the quality up and the show wasnt given a chance to gain audience before it was downgraded to black and white.
“Judy Garland was a fellow spirit of unshareable grief to some people.” Stephan Colbert I love this because it explains my relationship with her. A relationship I couldn’t explain. She was such an amazing artist and I especially love this segment of her show.
Opposite NBC's Bonanza was a suicide time slot, After Judy was cancelled, next season CBS put up 30 minute shows by Bob Cummings and Joey Bishop..both cancelled. Next year CBS put powerhouse Perry Mason in that time slot...cancelled. The next year CBS revived the popular Garry Moore variety show. Cancelled after 5 months, Finally The Smothers Brothers were able to survive with modest ratings for 2 seasons, winning an EMMY, only to be cancelled by CBS for being too subversive....
***** Hi Frank, thanks for writing - when you watch those clips of Judy, her sheer artistry is just breathtaking. A few years ago I bought the whole series, and while musically she resides in the stratosphere, some of the comedy they wrote for her is just unwatchable, esp. the stuff with Jerry Van Dyke. Her last 7 shows, all straight concert formats, are just incredible. I read someplace she wanted to do a whole show with Ella Fitzgerald-I can only IMAGINE how great that would be - Dennis
As always, Judy declaims every lyric as though it was occurring to her, right on the spot...
...and in the presence of the Basie Band, she makes it SWING.
(Mel Torme is pretty good, too.)
The chord progressions in "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" would knock out of commission today's singers - only Judy: an extraordinary master vocalist. Incomparable.
Watched this again a year later! The GREAT GARLAND with the GREAT COUNT BASIE one can't top it! Judy is in great voice here and you can see Basie is pleased. No one can touch Judy when she was on: NOT THEN AND NOT NOW!
Oh Ms Garland your voice! Memories Of You made me melt. What an amazing talent. Your presence, style and grace will never be seen again in this world.
She’s the best there ever was.
15 mins? I can't stop replaying the first 2 minutes! Judy's performance of The Sweetest Sounds gives me chills and makes me feel and believe every word she sings. I feel incredibly lucky to still get to experience Judy's magic whenever I want.
Watching her is such joy. She's brilliant, a total gem.
I miss you, Judy. Frances. Baby. Whatever you want to be called. Come back.
Emily B Darling... she wanted to be called darling. 💙
The staging, the lighting, the arrangements, the composers, the instrumentalists, Immortal Count Basie, and Immortal Judy . . . These 15 minutes chronicle what is now the lost art of music, but which we gratefully revisit and cherish here.
Judy's voice was like silk in this episode. There wasn't a crack or rough spot anywhere. This is Judy Garland at her very best.
The best 15 minutes of superb music. One can always COUNT on JUDY. This is as good as it gets.
You can tell how much she dug singing in front of and with Basie and the band. And Basie on organ!
Apart from Garland's brilliance what many don't notice is the sheer beauty of the camera work, direction and staging of her TV specials like this. The runway lights, the footlights and the black backdrops are jaw droppingly beautiful as a way to frame Judy's persona. These days there is so much distraction in tv performances. That's because the less the talent the more tricks required. These presentations were so beautifully crafted.
She deserved it. People in the biz knew how special Judy was.
today we'd have incessant camera cuts and purposely skewed horizons
Simply the best.
I can´t see much beauty in the camera work here. Not in the beginning, at least. But I agree that TV productions was much better in the 60s than today, with all ticks and effects. In those days they concentrated on the artists and had simple, but stylish backdrops. Less is more!
@@jourwalis-88750:30 to about 2:30 is one continuous shout with a zoom and tracking Judy through revealing dozen or so live performers, including at the end Count Basie himself, who has essentially been controlling all the instrumental side of the music, with Judy having been the sole vocalist
Like she she meshed with television so so well
Freaking awesome. The greatest band and a superstar (one of very very few). Thanks for posting!
Judy ..DAMM...She's GREAT...no. Matter how many years go by...she'll always be THAT...She is a STAR...
Her best episode ever! She looks genuinely so happy. Not to mention 2 mega legends on the same stage. Wow!
TWO! I counted three ...
Oh this such a treat!
One performer I would have loved to see her sing with his Nancy Wilson. I think their voices would have blended beautifully together
The electricity that She sends out is unmatched!
Surely the most stylish and elegant opening ever seen on TV. This is not just a variety show, this is ART!!
This voice that I have loved for years!!! Bravo , for this glance!! Her voice was never better. She is the very best of allll time
Noone sang like JUDY GARLAND!! She gave her SOUL in eave song!! ❤
She would’ve LOVED Aretha, Celine, Patti, Whitney, Mariah, and Dionne❤ I know she was a jazz singer, but also a SOUL singer because Judy SANG from her SOUL everytime. That’s what Aretha said about Judy and I totally agree with her
Judy looks amazingly fresh & young-ish here and her voice is 100% vibrant and alive...as if she had been re-born - for a while at least...she was and deserved to be the brightest musical star of them all... *****
Irene Clarke I think if this show continued and was a success she would never have passed away in 1969. She took the cancellation of her show personally and spiraled downward afterwards . 😪
So glad we had The Count in our lives, made so of my toughest days happy ones. Judy is wonderful with Melvin T!
Count Basis with Judy Garland: It does not get any better than this
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I love to read so many comments that show me that a Judy Revolution still goes on today, and among the younger generation. I think she knows it. Just to hear “the greatest talent that ever lived,” makes my heart sore because Judy surely was the greatest star this world has ever known. I have made it an endeavor to make sure my children and grandchildren have learned about her, an effort to know her, to appreciate her and to know her music and style. They love her as much as I do and appreciate this adorable creature. LOOK AT HER, SHE IS ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE ❣️❣️
It can be an overused word, but Judy Garland was and is a genius.
Garland in sublime form in this amazing performance, clearly Count Basie is in heaven working with Judy and they should have done an album, like this performance would have been a lasting classic...
No matter what she was going through in her life, no matter what she was drinking, or what pills she was taking.........this woman was a star...when she got in front of the camera, or the microphone..her brilliance was released.....an amazing woman, an amazing talent!
For the millionth time, according to the London Coroner Judy showed absolutely no sign of ALCOHOLISM, NONE.
Clearly Garland was not taking pills and drinking as often reported and for sure not during this stellar performance, looking at the lady in this 15 ultimate minute performance you have to have all the cylinders firing to be in this great form...
A one of a kind Icon
Backtothefuture, In 1959, Judy almost died, and Doctor who took care of her, and saved her life was amazed that she survived. She had the worst case of Hepatitis that anyone ever lived through at that time, according to her Doctor. Her liver, I believe was 5 times it's normal size, and she was blotted beyond belief. Judy as Sid had an argument at their home in Los Angeles because Judy wouldn't go to a Doctor, and Sid tricked her by having a Doctor play an old WWII Air Force buddy that he invited to their dinner party at their house. When the doctor was introduced to Judy and she touched him, the Doctor took Sid aside, and told him to get Judy to the hospital STAT, he said to Sid that Judy was retaining LIQUIDS, SHE WAS BLOATED, NOT FAT. When Sid explained what was going on, Judy popped a cork. She grabbed her car keys and left. She didn't return home. Sid called everybody he could think of including Roger Edens. As I remember the story Roger started looking for Judy with no success, after several hours Sid received a phone call from a Doctor in New York. Judy was brought in to their Emergency Room. She collapsed on 5th ave. Sid was told that Judy was in serious condition and probably won't make through the night.To be continued. Where I don't know.
Backtothefurture, when Judy died she was.all skin and bones. She looked like a 70 year old women. Her husband at that time wasn't taking very good care of her.
Judy was the best. Proud of the Count born in Red Bank N.J.
(NO relation to Sid Luft)
The Great Lady is SPOT ON........................................absolutely on FIRE!!!
The final song, "A Cottage For Sale," is a brilliant performance.
I as an Black American Woman CHEEEEER her. Black entertainers weren't invite on TV shows in the 60sl!❤Love you Judy!
Hello! I cheer Judy as well she did not see black people by their race, she saw them by their kind heart and personality. She would’ve LOVED Sam Cooke, and Jackie Wilson, and James brown, and Little Richard. ❤
Isn't it amazing how much joy we get from people who have been dead for decades?
5 decades now. 10/2019
@@patrickryan1515 Fifty years after passing...copyrights expire...movie rights...zellweger...new movie....
Timeless talent, the band too, the whole thing... truly
Thank God for that!
No trickery, just talent! Something is missing these days …
We can all learn from Judy!
Singing is missing.
Judy is in wonderful voice. The Count seems to help bring out her very best magic. Thank you for this.
They compliment each other.
"A Cottage for Sale" is wonderfully sung. I dare anyone to not tear up at the end of that song. Brilliant.
Amazing performance of "A Cottage For Sale"
There is so much talent on the stage. I think my favorite part is watching Basie’s face as Torme and Garland sing April in Paris.
She was Judy plain and simple. That's why I love her music.
Not only a fabulous voice, but an expressive and good story teller through her singing. You felt what she was going through.
Wow! I'm drawn here again. No wonder, this is the best, the coolest I've seen Judy. Count Basie brought out her best. And of course he had THE jazz orchestra. Just tremendous!! America had some stellar music with Duke Ellington, Count Basie and visits from Oscar Peterson.
Wow! Judy is singing with the Count Basie Band? Unbelievable. Boy! She is so lucky!
Arron That goes double for the Count.
My absolute favorite episode of the Judy Garland Show. Episode 7 aired 10 November 1963. Count Basie! Live! Perfection.
Brilliance at work.
She was not only a phenomenal singer but a consummate actress as well. On Cottage for Sale, which a lesser singer might've made a dirge from the intro, she maintains the happiness of the memories throughout most of it, for even as she sings about the hay where the roses once grew, she's still seeing the roses--she maintains what once WAS, even though she's singing about what now IS, hoping perhaps that it's not over, and it is only until the very last line, "a cottage for sale" hits her as a reality do we see the devastation felt from the loss of the relationship. This is how to walk around in a song and mine every bit out of what's there. Brava, Diva!
Judy Garland, Count Basie and Mel Torme... irreplaceable talents dying in 1969, 1984 and 1999. An amazing show from the Golden Age of television. (No, that is not today, folks.)
I'll never forget Mel Torme performing backstage Disney for Christmas parade performer attendees from high schools. We gave him three standing ovations for The Christmas Song. And, same day Michael Jackson was there being seen by parents and still have the beginning of M before his security grabbed from him and he gave disappointed look to my Mom. I say that because when backstage they evidently took Michael by and a lot of kids ran from seats. I never saw him but heard he pinched classmates rear and said something like oh baby. I loved seeing Torme so much better because knew at time a lot of talent my parents grew up to weren't going to be around for years more perhaps.
Mel is a back stabbing, two faced jerk. Mel went to see Judy about a regular job on her show, and she did him a favor and hired him, according to the article I read. When Judy died Mel released a book that he wrote about what supposedly went on back stage. He was not kind about what he said about Judy. Which most people said wasn't true. He back stabbed Judy who hired him because, he needed the job. Mel I hope your roasting down below.
What memories! My Mom just loved Judy Garland and her music was always on in our house. They sure don't make them like this anymore. Thanks.
She had good taste, god bless your mum
A GIFT FROM GOD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Absolutely stunning
This year would’ve marked her 100th year if she were still alive. Idk why her voice sends me to the clouds and I cry...no shame
Such a powerful voice coming from such a petite gal. I still like her style of singing when she was a teenager rather than the modern jazz.
This is a Jewel, resonating sounds to my ear
Count Basie and Judy Garland..Wow! The best of the Best..Hollywood and Music Royalty..
Thanks for posting; can only wonder what she was thinking with "Cottage For Sale"...
It's now 50 years since her passing. RIP
The greatest, most natural singer performer the planet has ever rendered... her TV show was do stylish & modern.... luv her softer tones, & boy can she belt!!!
One of my very favorites moments on Judy’s show! Just fabulous.❤🎉
Gary Smith quotes Garland as saying performing w Basie was like singing with a shotgun at your back. Thrilling stuff.
Un Beliv--they just don't make stars like this anymore... What truth in performance...
Wow Judy with a true real jazz orchestra..... splendid.
Re A cottage for sale. No one can combine that intimate acting with the musicality, and phrasing she brings to a song like this. I can't even come up with a credible 'second place' or honorable mention that isn't a lap behind. Its ephemeral quality is sublime, almost mystic.
Two giants with great musicians! Love forever!
I am amazed that so few people have seen this compilation.
Makes most of the stuff we see these days pale in comparison.
In awe every time I listen! A one-two punch. Starting with Count Basie's swing, and ending with the haunting A Cottage For Sale- the most melancholy of songs...
LOVE EVERY SECOND of this!!!!!!! Count & Judy. Baby...that Judy was a baaaad chick, you hear me? How great to see these two giants together, great orchestra. Then Basie on organ! wow
+Chuck Flowers
It was rare to see Basie on organ.
C Flow “Judy was a baaaad chick”. Love it!
Basie was taught to play the organ in the 1920's in Harlem by pianist Fats Waller
Judy had soul ❤
I've never seen her struggle with her emotions during a song before, the whole while giving a stellar performance in cottage for love. You can tell by some of her small gestures, and wince of the eyes here or there, this moved her in a way you don't normally get to see from her. It's quite touching.
marlenejojo1
I wondered if anyone else saw that!
Yes, she allowed the song to touch her and take her to those painful places. It is a sad song and I love her efforts to be curious about why love ended. Forever resilient-the irreplaceable Judy Garland
Yes, that might be a first and only with Judy. It had to be some very deep wound, so I wonder if it was her father she was thinking of.
I came looking for this comment, immediately after watching this! That really broke my whole entire heart.
its COTTAGE FOR SALE.....
IMO...A Cottage For Sale must rank as one of the worst, most maudlin, sentimental songs ever written and therefore almost impossible to sing without raising a titter - but Judy pulls it off, and then some, by making it absolutely real. She inhabits it, takes you on that journey so that, by the time she reaches that key in the mailbox, my God you are gone! She can hardly get those last few words out herself. Basie's piano accompaniment is sublime. Awesome!
I agree...Sinatra's is the only version kind of (and barely) listening to, and only for The Voice. But Judy, plus as you say with The Count, make this THE performance of this song. Just amazing....
Other singers I love - Nat, Frank, Nina and Dinah - have all done nice little humdrum versions of 'A Cottage for Sale', but none have ever really worked for me. So it's no surprise that my favorite ever singer - Judy - claims it all her own, reduces me to tears and dumbstruck awe. Their simply is no greater artist in the wide world of singing, nobody who could ever possibly compete. Judy owns the art form - and our hearts - forever.
The greatest of all time!
JUST LOVE this clip!!! Judy is the best especially when she starts to finish the song with the lyrics "there is work to be done....." Her voice just soars and the vibrato is chilling!!!
I wish judy made an album with. Him
Judy in very very good voice here!
I can't count how many times I've seen this, and it's still just as exciting as that first time.
Cottage for Sale was performed brilliantly ,,,, AMAZING
The greatest deliverer of a lyric of all time.
Thanks for these 15 mins and what quality there is in them. Basie. And Garland the consummate artist -- finding and living in every emotional corner of the lyrics.
A great sequence and you're right, a great rendition of A Cottage For Sale to end off
Why isn't this sort of music popular anymore? D:
[cries for his generation]
I've wondered about that often. I grew up in the 1940s and 50s. Back in those days there was a great deal of "romance." You can see it in the lyrics of all the great songs of the 1940s. That generation had romance because most of them didn't have sex before marriage. They had months and years sometimes to fantasize and write songs about their sweetheart before reality set in after the marriage. That time of fantasy was inspiring. Now most people have sex on the first or second date. My theory is that when the "sexual revolution" started, that was the end of romance, the kind that inspired those great love songs of the 1940s.
+David -- I would add that we have a glut of cynics who look at any hint of sentiment or show biz as annoying. Kids on TV sit-com programs, from as far back as the 1970s, looked at their parents as impossible squares who lacked any hipness. The inside joke among teenagers (especially) is that the "old stuff" is too corny and sweet. Instead they fawn over and idolize sh_t-kickers like rap artists and scantily clad bimbos.
I don't Know! I have just purchased a load of oldies 1950 to 1969, from Judy to Jimi Hendrix, and all on vinyl. I'm gonna get more. Its no problem for me to switch up from Woodstock to Judy at Carnegie Hall, its all good music.
Because the industry needs novelty, plus because of people's limited attention real state. So, they invest in things that seem modern and flashy… so other waves come strong and take over everybody's attention, like pop music, rock, hip hop and so on: Beatles, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Queen, Whitney Houston, Britney Spears, Tupac Shakur, Beyonce… they come with loads of marketing, then people get hyped over it because it's portrayed as the hot cool thing of the moment, usually it's the next generation, so they weren't even introduced to what was before. So it gets forgotten. And it seems more distant since technology looks older (black and white, etc.).. so young people just reckons it's old and irrelevant. A small percentage, like 1% or 2% actually gets interested in the past and to some extent preserve the legacy of artists.
Because everything has been dumbed down, and people have no real appreciation for proper music and lyrics and the composition of a song. It all started to go bad in the late 50s when the 'kids' started taking over. Don't even start me on Rap crap!
Wow. That last song really took it out of her. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a more raw, honest performance...she sang that song as though she had lived it, and of course, she had. I hope all of the men who used her, exploited, robbed, and dumped her are still getting theirs, wherever they are.
Leo Durocher said nice guys finish last. Too many people took advantage of her goodness. Because of those bastards we lost this country's greatest entertainer way too soon.
True artistry. Just don't see much of it anymore, sadly.
So TRue Bill, they only made one mild of each !
(mold)
It almost seemed to go to the grave with her.
the count played in back of sinatra and garland with the same effect. magnificent !! he put together the best musicians and then added the cream. then you have the delivery of a pro like judy. she had the music in her and he in his. they are qual at a time of no equality. this is the best of the profession. i have been listening to both these past 73 years and it has made me the person i have become. it makes me want to wake up tomorrow and every day.
+Richard Condon Wonderful comments. Thank you!
+Michael McBride thanks for your kind comment too. rich
Richard Condon
Richard Condon I saw Sinatra and Ella with basis on a new years eve what a show
wow.... so much life in her this night
I love her.. one of the best
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!! Judy hit that right: #1 BAND IN THE LAND. Surely:)
Judy and the Brilliant Count Basie & His Orchestra! Just golden. Nearly 60 years later and It is still perfection, even if most people don't know who they are they left an indelible mark on music.
Spectacular thank you so much for sharing this I absolutely adore the Incomparable Judy Garland♥️Count Basie and his Orchestra! Effervescent!
Judy Garland makes the astonishing seem absolutely effortless!
Judy is feeling the band and singing great!
I could listen to Judy All day long. BRAVO !!!! RIP 🧡🙏
Boy, do I miss Judy. Those WERE simpler, happy yester years.
Wow is all I can say and if this isn't a legendary moment there isn't one.
Judy and the Count and, oh yes, Mel Torment...LOL!!!! All great musicians and such a treat seeing them all together!!
Mel Torment?
@@lawrencemoore Yes!! Judy's nickname for Mel. Apparently they didn't get along all that well together. And after Judy died, he wrote a very unflattering book on Judy and his work with her on the television show.
Christian Tassin. Tout simplement magnifique, JUDY The Best. Elle avait ce don de donner une émotion intense dans des chansons intimistes, comme la dernière de ce show. Bravo.
Bill Basie had the best big band in the world at that time, and I will go so far as to argue that the best swing band, ever. Working here with Judy was amazing and the duet with Mel Torme on "April in Paris" was over the top. Thanks for sharing.
Count Basie. The best musician with the best band in all the land
Smashing combination- especially love how the blocking of "The Sweetest Sounds" and "Strike up the Band" introduces each section of the fabulous Basie orchestra. It was always nice to see Judy in tandem with another artist- you can tell she loved musicians based on her interaction with them. Her turns on "I've got my Love to keep me Warm" and "April in Paris" with both Basie and Mel Torme' are dazzling. "A Cottage for Sale" leaves me speechless. Echoing an earlier broadcast (where "Too Late Now" was performed with the same amount of heartbreaking pathos), we sometimes forget the lady was also a capable actress through a song. It's absolutely criminal that this show (a kind of micro-mini concert every week) didn't do better ratings-wise, regardless of its competition.
mca1218, mel was a jerk, he went looking for a job, and Judy gave him one, then he stabbed her in the back. He wrote a book about her and the show, which wasn't exactly the truth, then he holds it's release until she died. I remember reading that Glenn Ford decked him after reading the book. Mel, I hope it really, really hurt, you deserved it you punk.
The show was presented to Judy as a prime time COLOR variety show, but shortly after the first episodes aired, they stopped shooting in color and started arguing with Judy about her guests. She had to fight tooth and nail to keep the quality up and the show wasnt given a chance to gain audience before it was downgraded to black and white.
Cottage for Sale just tears me up every time I hear Judy sing it. It's her voice. Her eyes, her expressions. Just so beautiful! Miss you Judy~
“Judy Garland was a fellow spirit of unshareable grief to some people.”
Stephan Colbert
I love this because it explains my relationship with her. A relationship I couldn’t explain.
She was such an amazing artist and I especially love this segment of her show.
THE COUNT BASIE AND THE COUNT... OR STRIKE UP THE BAND I FOUR /FOUR. MUSICAL MAGIC. . FEEL HER LOVE FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL BALLAD HISTORIC FRIENDS
Awesome
I’ve watched this countless times. There are no words….. Thank you, Buzz Stephens!
And to think this was cancelled in favor of Bonanza ............sigh.............
Opposite NBC's Bonanza was a suicide time slot, After Judy was cancelled, next season CBS put up 30 minute shows by Bob Cummings and Joey Bishop..both cancelled. Next year CBS put powerhouse Perry Mason in that time slot...cancelled. The next year CBS revived the popular Garry Moore variety show. Cancelled after 5 months, Finally The Smothers Brothers were able to survive with modest ratings for 2 seasons, winning an EMMY, only to be cancelled by CBS for being too subversive....
***** Hi Frank, thanks for writing - when you watch those clips of Judy, her sheer artistry is just breathtaking. A few years ago I bought the whole series, and while musically she resides in the stratosphere, some of the comedy they wrote for her is just unwatchable, esp. the stuff with Jerry Van Dyke. Her last 7 shows, all straight concert formats, are just incredible. I read someplace she wanted to do a whole show with Ella Fitzgerald-I can only IMAGINE how great that would be - Dennis
WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAD HEAR HER DO AN ALBUM, BASIE'S BANDS JUST SOUNDED SO GREAT WITH SINGERS, AND DAM COULD THEY SWING
Absolutely mesmerizing! I can listen and watch this great lady sing forever! ❤️